a great cry

Exodus 3:7
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Exodus 22:25-27
If you lend money to one of my people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him any interest. . . .

Job 31:38, 39
If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, . . .

Job 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight. He looked for justice but saw injustice; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Luke 18:7
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

their brethren

Leviticus 25:35-37
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, you are to help him like a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you. . . .

Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. . . .

Acts 7:26
The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating one another?'

1 Corinthians 6:6-8
Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! . . .